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Autumn Foliage · November

Tofuku-ji Temple

Starts in ~3 wksTemple
東福寺 · Autumn Foliage · Kyoto & Kansai
Autumn leaves at Tofuku-ji Temple, 15-778 Honmachi, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto
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Photos Luka Peternel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Tim Notari from Pittsburgh, PA, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0) · +- (CC BY-SA 3.0) — via Wikimedia Commons

About this spot

About 2,000 maples fill the Sengyokukan ravine, best seen from the Tsutenkyo covered bridge, where the leaves below look like a sea of red clouds. Among them are three-pointed Tsuten maples said to come from Song China. Entry to the bridge about 1,000 yen in autumn.

Getting there

Nearest station
10 min walk from Tofukuji Station (JR, Keihan)
Address
15-778 Honmachi, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto
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